Lake County, South Dakota:
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Projects

• Lake County      (Source: American Local History Network)
• Lake County Genealogy      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Lake County SDGenWeb      (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)
• Lake County, South Dakota      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Lake County, South Dakota      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)

Adjacent counties

• Brookings County, SD  to the northeast
• Kingsbury County, SD  to the northwest
• McCook County, SD  to the southwest
• Miner County, SD  to the west
• Minnehaha County, SD  to the southeast
• Moody County, SD  to the east

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• History of Southeastern Dakota  Its Settlement and Growth     (Source: Google Books)
• History of southeastern Dakota  1881     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Lake Co, South Dakota, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Lake County Biographies      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Lake County GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)

Cemeteries

• Billion Graves for Lake County, South Dakota      (Source: Billion Graves)
• Cemeteries in Lake County, South Dakota      (Source: Trails to the Past)
• Cemeteries of Lake County      (Source: Interment.net)
• Lake County  South Dakota Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Lake County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)

Census Records and Indexes (15)

Church Records

• Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records, 1826-1945  includes Madison, Nunda, Rutland and Wentworth, South Dakota     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Records, 1875-1940  includes Lake and Rutland, South Dakota     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970  includes Rutland, South Dakota     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Court and Legal Records

• Lake County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
• South Dakota Clerks of Courts, 1889-1989  Lake County on page 18

Directories

• Lake County Directories      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

History (15)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

• South Dakota County Naturalization Records  1865-1972     (Source: FamilySearch)

Introduction and Guides

• Cyndi's List of South Dakota locality links      (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)
• FamilySearch Wiki Research Guide      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Lake County      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
• Lake County Genealogy Resources  South Dakota Department of Health
• Lake County Public Records      (Source: Nationwide Environmental Title Research)

Land Records

• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• South Dakota BLM Database  Lake County     (Source: USGenWeb South Dakota Archives)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Historic Prairie Village  Madison, South Dakota
• Historical Repositories in Madison, South Dakota  See page 12
• Lake County Records archived at the State Archives 
• Library Directory for Lake County, South Dakota      (Source: libraries.org - A directory of libraries throughout the world)
• Madison South Dakota Family History Center      (Source: FamilySearch)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Lake County, South Dakota     (Source: Find My Past)
• Smith Zimmerman Heritage Museum  Madison, South Dakota
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• SDLAKE Lake County genealogy

  • SDLAKE Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (39)

Military Records and Histories

• Lake County Military Data      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Lake County, Dakota Territory     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Lake County     (Source: FamilySearch)

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Lake County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Miscellaneous Data

• Classic Buildings of Lake County      (Source: Society of Architectural Historians)
• General Federation of Women's Clubs Pioneer Daughters  Lake County
• Lake County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Lake County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Historical Madison Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Lake County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• The Madison daily leader      (Source: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers)
• Search Madison Historical Newspapers      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Search Winfred Historical Newspapers      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• KJAM Radio 
• Madison Daily Leader 
• Madison Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Madison, South Dakota Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Obituary search includes Madison Daily Leader      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Lake County Courthouse 
• Lake County Pictures and Postcards      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Madison  Taking the Long View: Panoramic Photographs     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Penny Postcards from South Dakota      (Source: USGenWeb South Dakota Archives)

School Records and Histories

• Madison School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Winfred School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (67)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Lake County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Lake County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Patents  Lake County, South Dakota     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records

• Lake County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)

Wiki

• Lake County, South Dakota Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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